Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 602
"My lord, something is wrong. Many believers in the monastery are making trouble at the gate of the palace, shouting loudly."

After the little eunuch finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent.

Li Shimin frowned slightly, what he was worried about finally happened.

There are many believers in the monastery, and it is normal for these believers to make trouble for their so-called beliefs.

"Your Majesty, these monasteries are so hateful that they still confuse the people. Their existence is very dangerous. They must be severely cracked down on to destroy the Buddha. There is no room for loss."

At this time, Wei Zheng suddenly stood up again, found a problem in the monastery, and bewitched the people.

Throughout the ages, anything that can confuse the people cannot exist.

Li Shimin's heart froze slightly, and he naturally felt that what Wei Zheng said was reasonable, but the current situation might not be easy to handle.

He glanced at Qin Tian and said, "Qin Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?"

Qin Tian stood up and smiled: "Your Majesty, I feel that the believers in those monasteries should let them make trouble. Whatever trouble they can make in Chang'an City, we just ignore them."

Li Shimin chuckled: "What I'm asking is not this, but my opinion on the extermination of Buddha."

This matter was brought up by Qin Tian, ​​but since Wei Zheng stepped forward, Qin Tian has never said anything, which made Li Shimin somewhat uncomfortable.

How could Qin Tian stay out of this matter?

"Holy Majesty, there are good and bad monasteries in the world, and we can't generalize them all. So I think that some monasteries can indeed be disposed of, and some monasteries, if they run well, are not impossible to preserve. As for the monastery, since the Lord Buddha emphasizes purity of heart and ascetic desires, then it is enough to donate all property, land and so on, and we are not saying that we have to force them to survive.”

Qin Tian explained what he meant. He was in favor of attacking the monastery, but he didn't approve of it being too absolute. After hearing this, Wei Zheng curled his lips, and when he wanted to say something more, he was suddenly pulled back by Li Ji.

In the end, there was nothing to say.

Li Shimin and Qin Tian discussed this matter long ago, and what Li Shimin said was naturally known to him before, so after Qin Tian finished speaking, Li Shimin said without hesitation, "Okay, let's settle this matter like this , Wei Zheng and Qin Tian are in charge of the two lovers."

Since Wei Zheng brought it up first, he is also responsible for this matter. Of course, Li Shimin also has the intention of letting Wei Zheng take the blame. Seizing the property of the temple will definitely cause many troubles. At that time, with Wei Zheng around, it can relieve their pressure to some extent. .

As for Qin Tian, ​​he has a sense of proportion in his actions, which can prevent things from becoming a big deal.

After this was settled, Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "My lord, what about the people outside the palace?"

"Didn't Qin Aiqing say it just now? Let them continue to quarrel. If the court wants to do this, they can't do it."

After Li Shimin said this, today's morning court ended like this. When Wei Zheng and Qin Tian left the palace, Wei Zheng held Qin Tian back.

"All monasteries must be destroyed, and they must all be driven out."

Qin Tian didn't expect Wei Zheng to be so paranoid and crazy, so he couldn't help curling his lips, and said, "Master Wei thinks about my Great Tang, it's really admirable, but, many people in my Great Tang believe in this, you destroy Buddha If the common people really started to make trouble, the Tang Dynasty will be unstable, right?"

Wei Zheng curled his lips, and Qin Tian said again: "Master Wei wants to make things big, but what other intentions do you have?"

When these words came out, Wei Zheng's expression suddenly changed. He somewhat understood the meaning of Qin Tian's words. After all, he is Li Jiancheng's old man. It is indeed easy to make people suspicious if he is making such a fuss.

He looked at Qin Tian and snorted angrily: "You are not afraid of the shadow if you are upright."

Saying that, he turned to leave.
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Qin Tian and Wei Zheng did not act in a hurry.

This matter is not easy to solve. You can't just say to seize it or something. You need to have a plan and a plan. You have to know which monastery to raid first and then which monastery to raid.

Moreover, after the raids on the temples inside and outside Chang’an City, there are also monasteries in other places. These must be analyzed and arranged one by one. Some need to be inspected, and some are already poor and are true Buddhists. , you can keep it.

It may take a year for the whole thing to be done, and for Chang'an City, it will take a month or two to clear it up.

This matter is not easy, so there is no rush.

After Qin Tian and Wei Zheng went down, they began to make plans, and they naturally set their goal on the Great Buddha Temple.

The Great Buddha Temple is the largest temple in the Tang Dynasty, and it occupies an area, and there are many monks and so on. Their existence is very conspicuous. If they can be removed, other temples will naturally be easier to talk about.

While they were doing this, a guard hurried over.

"My lords, those believers in front of the palace gate have been staying in front of the palace gate for a day and a night. They don't leave or eat. I really don't know what they think. Tell me, why are there such stupid people in the world. "

After the guard finished speaking, Wei Zheng snorted: "These monks are really treacherous. They even used their followers to go on a hunger strike to persecute the court. Since they want to go on a hunger strike, why don't they come by themselves? Damn, hate..."

Do not do to others what you would have them do to you, Wei Zheng became more and more annoyed at those monks.

"Those believers refuse to leave, so drive them away, or kill one or two if they don't."

In the face of death, someone should be afraid, Wei Zheng said to the guard, but the guard was a little hesitant, he didn't dare to kill people, what if things got serious?
He cast a look of help to Qin Tian, ​​Qin Tian said: "Have they not eaten all day and night?"

"Yes."

"Well, in front of the palace gate, the barbecue, relying on the whole sheep, diffuses the fragrance for me. I don't believe that they won't be tempted. After it's done, find a few more people to eat, but don't give it to them, understand?"

Hearing this, the guard didn't hesitate, and immediately agreed. Death is not scary sometimes, but being hungry is scary.

When people are extremely hungry, they will lose their humanity. If you give him a corpse, he may eat it. Qin Tian has seen this in the "Liancheng Jue" written by Jin Daxia in his previous life. Although it is a bit unbelievable, Incomprehensible, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.

In times of famine, things that change children to eat happen from time to time, which proves that hunger is the most difficult thing for human beings to control.

After the guard left, Wei Zheng curled his lips, as if he didn't like Qin Tian's idea, but he didn't say much.

As long as the matter can be resolved, he doesn't care about the rest.

(End of this chapter)